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Mexican Cherry

Hello & welcome to the lifestyle blog of the Mexican Cherry!




Era un día de San Valentín cualquiera, al menos cualquiera de los que pasé en preparatoria y la escuela decidió que era buena idea llevarnos a todos al cine a ver una película de zombies que sí, se enamoran y bueno, de lo lindo todo.

Antes de esta ocasión, mis amigos sabían muy bien de un crush mío, ese chico dreamy pero nerdy, que tenía sonrisa colgate y además era listo, jugaba volleyball y se lucía por lo alto. Era flaco y bastante reservado, pero para mí en ese entonces era un chico que me gustaba demasiado.

Volviendo a lo del cine, días antes decidí tomar el asunto en mis manos y confesarme, era cuando el drama coreano me daba bastantes ideas y eso de la confesión fue muy popular, así que dije ok, ¿Cómo decirle? Inventé un dichoso intercambio de regalos entre toda la clase, solo para poder comprar una taza de espresso blanca y que no me dijeran nada en casa, aparte de pensar en hornearla con un diseño hecho por mí.

El hecho de que fuera homemade también me daba esa ilusión de que el chico dijera wow! ok! seamos algo! (lo cual ahora pienso que fue super iluso de mi parte), pero bueno yo la hice toda linda con la frase en espiral y por dentro de la taza se leía: 

Will you be my valentine?


La envolví y en una bolsa color morado (mi favorito), esperando lo mejor, otros detalles no recuerdo.
Ugh! Ese día me llevaron en auto al lugar y no sé si salimos a destiempo o algo por el estilo pero llegué super tarde y cuando todos ya estaban dentro de la sala. Lo que si es que mis amigos sabían que me gustaba y me guardaban un lugar junto a él, aunque cuando llegué alguien más lo había tomado, así que pasé toda la función en la parte de abajo y con un amigo que gracias al cielo me ayudó a no sentirme tan sola en el área de maestros... acabando la película salimos y todos andaban ya sea de shopping o viendo si íbamos a comer juntos.

Antes de esto llamé al chico y sin decirle nada solo le di la bolsa, porque preguntó para quién era o si me lo habían dado, extendí ridículamente mis brazos y se lo di, después de eso dijo amablemente, gracias! y nos separamos....en parte porque era la primera vez que yo hacía algo así con alguien que me gustara (lo cual era inusual) y también porque de la emoción salí corriendo lejos y llorando del shock y de lo boba que me sentí haciendo eso, aunque varias de mis amigas felicitaron el momento y lo valiente que fue.

Pasó el tiempo y de hecho fuimos a comer en la misma plaza; no lo volví a ver ese día, así que era obvio el resultado. Otro amigo solo me pudo decir que fue un "shock" para él y que no sabía que hacer, pero era obvio el rechazo, sino qué más?

Ni siquiera fue capaz de mencionar el tema, nunca hablamos de eso y solo lo dejé ir...me trató como si no hubiera pasado nada, solo amigos y ni siquiera de los cercanos.  Creo que eso cuenta como experiencia de lo que muchos llaman friendzone, pero solo sé que desde ese entonces decidí que yo no haría el first move de ser novios o algo así, o sea si decir hey me gustas! pero no la pregunta que hace oficial a la pareja, porque esa experiencia me hizo darme cuenta de que quiero vivirlo, ser yo la que reciba algo lindo como lo que hice, que ese momento alguien lo preparara conmigo en mente...

Confiaba mucho en la valentía de declararse una y hacer la pregunta, pero al menos una vez en la vida, quiero sentir mariposas de que el hombre en cuestión haga una pregunta así, cursi o no, es algo que me gustaría y es por ello que dejé de lado la idea de ser yo la que hiciera tal cosa, al menos para "la pregunta" y no puedo decir que no he pensado en ello, porque cuando te pega el amor puedes hacer cualquier cosa, pero al menos en este asunto aún me reservaré ser el primero que alce la voz. 



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This year can be named the "year of planning" for the Mexican Cherry life 

It all started with my life falling to pieces with lovely chaos in 2016, handling conflicting emotions, college and extracurricular activity. It became clear I needed a system to organize all my activities in the most effective way. I've always been a lover of to-do lists but to be honest, they tend to be forgotten or filled with nonsense tasks that just make post its look pretty and full!



This time I took it seriously. So, January became the test of the nouveau, took a notebook and casually wrote down lists of things I had to get done throughout the day. Motivation was there cheering me up every second and I had to do this even better... but there was something missing, since the notebook became the post it instead, it needed a SYSTEM...and after a couple of months indulging in cute planner photos on tumblr and Instagram, it was time for me to join in the adventure...yes!!  I made a Bullet Journal!!! 



Sort of


There are plenty tips and videos to take you into the process of making one, first of all I saw and read all the content from the creator Ryder Carroll, you can check it here: Creator's Website! I have to confess, it took me days to figure it out and completely understand how to Bujo, plenty of videos and articles, tons of pretty pictures, but I finally jumped in with a basic notebook and gave it a try! 

You can check my favorite blogger Rachel Nguyen explaining in her own style the lovely method of the Bullet Journal: Her vid right here. Also, make sure to follow her, she has great content (in love with her vlogmas, or well, pretty much all her vlogs). 

This was my first attempt (must say I prefer the minimalistic (?) way of making it) and believe me, this takes time and a bit of effort depending on the style you go for, but eventually you will find your own style and approach to plan with the Bullet Journal method. 

 Some advice, please, please, please! Do NOT feel pressured to make it artsy or aesthetically pleasing for everyone, as long as it works for you it's perfect and you can adjust it to look however you want~

This is the very first step I took into making my life a tad more productive and I am loving it now! Must say that it still does not reflect my complete style or even the design I picture in my head for it, but it works in organizing my activities, tasks and every single thing that can fit over there! Which is the main objective.


 The attempt at this method below



  • First, the cover  





To be honest I just grabbed a notebook that once was dropped in my mailing box, from an insurance promoting a life insurance package. Why not using a prettier notebook? Because I wanted to experience first and doodle, wreck it exploring styles and then use a lovely notebook/ planner using my preferred method without wasting such a beautiful item in experimenting (which I will make later this moth).
           It is a really simple notebook, but loved the spyral and the fact that I was not worried experimenting with it because it was not the dream notebook, so the experiment was even easier, btw you can see the mark of the insurance company



  • Index 




At first, I followed every advice and made the correspondent sections that were recommended, obviously the index is one of them. I had no idea of what symbols to use for what, but in the end it didn't even matter, because my pages turned out to work just using the squared box and the migration symbol, those are the only ones that stayed with me until now, and they work pretty well also, simple and precise.


  • Key 




I tried using the key symbols but it was just too much, and it wasn't the best for me to have a symbol for every single thing, because I write in the Bujo the tasks to accomplish throughout the day, month, year and cathegorizing all seemed just a bit of a mess. 


  • Pages Examples 




My pages were pretty simple, no template to keep them on track, no images, nothing but text and motivation to get things done, I actually love how the one with the post it looks, idk why but it makes me feel like I did great fulfilling the must do chores. 

I plan on having a more styled "template" for the upcomming hand made notebook, but right now completing the experimental bujo feels great! 


  • Collections







If you have seen the creator's website (linked above), you'll get to watch some amazing as bullet journals, even the introduction video looks flawless, somehow this experiment didn't came out as stylish and pretty, but it truly helped me take a deeper look into bullet journalling and adapting it to my needs and daily life. 

There is a section of the bujo's named Collections and you're supposed to fill pages with literally whatever you want, if you want a spread of favorite books, budget management, movies to watch, bucket lists, goals.....etc~ You put those in a section and write the page number of it to have it spotted. I had tiny post it marks on those that needed attention like the blue one above that showcases the importance of the section. 

My collections include: 

Wishlist - Products I want and have gotten over time 
Managemente of my social service 
Challenges - write down every challenge I do 
Weight tracker - This cherry is on a diet
Article Ideas 
Future Log Year Style - Wrote down what I want to accomplish this year

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  • Future Log 




Every month you "have" to write what your goals are for the month or the chores you postponed and now have to take place on another month (which was more my case). To be honest this didn't helped me much, because I forgot to take a look at the monthly future goal, sometimes I did but the tasks that were postponed too much were simply  not meant to get done unless really important. 

The one that was a bit more inspiring was the one I added to Collections which included my year goals.



  • Calendars 




Cherry is quite a visual girl, so she needed to adapt the so called monthly future log... Drawing calendars on each month leaving enough space to place important events or tasks was easier and it gave me a visual tool to help me organize my week and acknowledging how much time was left to get things done. 


This was pretty much how it all started with the experiment of having an actual bullet journal, cannot say it was the easiest to do, and I had to addapt plenty to make it work for me without wasting useful time. 

Now I plan to make my own notebook and have a prettier one, now with the system and the adaptation that completes my daily organization.


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If you'd like more productivity posts, make sure to follow the blog, there will be more to come


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Midnight is usually the time to work and feel, depending of course of diverse factors such as emotional state, loads of work I need to get done before leaving the house in the morning, the need to catch up on a serie I've watched 8 times already but want to experience once more...etc. 

Tonight I'm up watching academic videos and gathering information while craving CHEESECAKE with all my heart! I can imagine the feeling of the first bite melting inside my mouth, how the taste floods hundred of hungry taste buds making them reach a foodgasm altogether! 



 My desire of cheesecake lies on the multiple times I've watched the episode of friends in which Rachel and Chandler steal a cheesecake from a neighbor and it turns out to be the best cheesecake ever and even if I haven't tasted it, the simple look of it makes me wanna go all the way to Mama's Little Bakery in order to get me a piece of it! Creamy, soft, perfect crust, ugh! Just the perfect cheesecake! 



By the way, now that were speaking of desire and cravings...I must confess there was a time my friends and I carried a spoon we bought together at Walmart one day we wanted ice cream but did not have other than disposable spoons, and Cherry refused to eat ice cream with those plastic spoons, don't get me wrong, it is not like I was too fancy for that at all, but if I'm gonna indulge in a litter of ice cream, I'm gonna do it the right way ~ So we all got a spoon (perfect measurements to reach the bottom of the ice cream container) and carried it for future occassions, just in case we had to eat something out of nowhere~   Just like Joey taking out the fork to eat the fallen cheesecake off the floor. 




If you really, really want the friends cheescake.... 



You can make one thanks to Hungry Forever, with the FRIENDS CHEESECAKE RECIPE !!


They took care of it and worked on a recipe that could resemble the lovely & magical Mama's Little Bakery cheesecake that we all wanted melting in our mouths when we watched the episode, so go get your bakery elements and make one of your own, be the Mama to your bakery right away! Will definitely try to achieve the friends cheesecake with this recipe very soon. 


So if you're like me, a Friends fan and cheesecake lover, satisfy your cravings and embrace the magic of the creamy most delicious cheesecake ever, indulge in the pleasure of it, share the love with everyone you know and share of course a piece of it with your Friends ~



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Today's inspirational moodboard came from the rainy morning that woke me up realizing I was gonna get wet on my commute, but also that my coffee would taste amazing!





Often I get to be inspired by nature and even though today's nature was a bit wild with pouring rain that wet my sneackers and part of my jeans, I must say it was beautiful. The scene of people waiting for public transport to get to work always makes me feel like we are in New York waiting for the subway & I don't know why but it truly makes my heart content and reminiscing over a place I've never been in. 

This thursday is a day to work and treat yourself at the same time, if you get the chance to work from home, cuddle under a warm cozy blanket and indulge over a yummy meal that brings warmth~ 

Cherry has been missing her partner in crime, her loved one who's currently enjoying the opposite of my inspiration scenario actually, but also taking this time to reflect on the future, wondering about the upcomming adventures that await her. She is also dieting real hard, which means sticking to the meal plan with no cheating at all, attending a daily workout with her personal trainer and also dancing her stress out with zumba at the gym, which sometimes makes her feel uncomfortable if not wearing the propper bra!

Inspiration in the office tends to be music for me (if not my partner) and this morning, since lonely and kinda wet, I remembered Tayeon had a great song for the moment, missing my love and looking at the rain from the window, not that emotional in my case, but truly alike! So i searched over Spotify: Taeyeon Rain... and it popped up! Turns out Taeyeon is quite popular over Spotify! So I clicked and listened to her album for about an hour while working on my usual media report. 

To be honest one of my favorite korean soloists is Taeyeon, she is by far one of the best vocalists in k-pop, has a lot of technique, control and mostly knows how to bring emotion through her voice, something that lots lack from their performance. Since SNSD made their comeback it was also a quick thought to remember Taeyeon among every other ballad singer that sings about rain. 

비가 오면 내리는 기억에
(When it rains, the memories fall down) 




So let's stay cozy and warm, body, mind and heart altogether, enjoying the day however we really want to! Cherry surely will! ~ 


Until inspiration hits us again 



Credits: 

  • Autumn book with cozy blanket and leafs by leave-me-colourless, you can find it HERE.
  • New York man walking through a gorgeous smoky street by Autumncozy.
  • Girl with CHANEL & Taeyeon edit ... to be honest I lost the actual link of those but if you happen to know who to credit please let me know!  


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A few weeks ago, this silly Cherry decided to inaugurate a section called: PRODUCTIVITY SERIES 

If you've been expecting content about it, I must apologize deeply, not only to all of you, but to myself, since it kinda took a detour on the way it was planned. To be honest, I went on to some changes in my everyday life and forgot to actually create content about the productivity part of my days. Also, schedulling has failed tremendously! It seems that lazyness attacked me and I didn't even moved~

Somehow, this week a spark came up in my mind and everything has progressed super smooth and Mexican Cherry is ready to rise and shine! I already have plenty content comming up and most of it represents a challenge for myself in every way so, stay tuned! A lot...LOT is comming up next on the Mexican Cherry blog~ 



Up Next: Bullet Journal 

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Today is the day I will be exposing a story that I believe a lot of people can relate to. 




Cherry entered college

In the begining everything was fine, met friends and within there was a special girl that was very alike in terms of working, fact that made projects super easy at the time and with the best grade always. Of course we partnered  for everything, it was the best choice, wasting less time working and getting ultimate results, yup! It was good. 

What I'm about to say might sound like bragging but as someone has told me:

You don't have to apologize for success, not when you have fought for it and worked you ass off to get what you have~ 

- I've always been an excellence student, yes, always, my parents raised me with that purpose in mind actually so, rivals tend to come on the way in order to take your first place and smile above you, now to add a bit more, I am very competitive in all matters, and want to win all the time (who doesn't?) and this girl presented to me as the same. She is very very competitive and will literally do anything to get what she wants. Either way our grades were always really the same, so we were practically the perfect TEAM. 

Time passed and...turns out Cherry fell in love, and love has a cost sometimes... it all went perfect but on the journey, there were some challenges for da relationship to grow and remain as beautiful as it is at the moment (Ha! spoiler!). Let me tell you, Cherry is very emotional, her feelings are intense most of the time and there is no way to stop her from crying when she really is hurt. I have mentioned in TRUST ISSUES: PART I  a bit of the story or some effects of it, at least the ugly side.  


So, considering a lingering sadness

...and growing ache in roots of jealousy (obviously potentialized by real facts and events) this specific friend became a shoulder to cry on, since she was pretty much the one I had to spend three quarters of my day with -we had all our classes together- and she really listened.

 At this moment of tranquility now I realize that many of her consolation speeches were mostly adding to the pain, they were not improving in any way, but rather depressing and making me doubt even more of what was going on. 

This became eviden after my storm was over and happiness took over, since Cherry told her about all of the cute and fun stuff that happened regarding the painful situation and her reaction was pretty much cold stone and she instantly began to remind me all the bad aspects that his particular person has, how I didn't got what I wanted specifically, how this could lead to failure, how the other girl would never go away and well... reminding me all of the bad and no, no, it was not in a sense of hey girl be careful, I don't want him to hurt you again, no, it was said with such a tone that made me feel weird, even uncomfortable. 

Why wasn't she happy that I finally was? 

Throughout our college journey competition was evident as I said, but pretty normal actually, in my head love and growing up internally was a priority, because I consider these experiences one of a kind, the ones that help you learn more about yourself and guide your path towards a true destination, along maturity and tranquility in the overall life scenario. After my second semester breakdown due obtaining a B that would bring my GPA down by a tiny important bit - that in the end didn't matter at all- I realized there was more to worry about and the grading process is not fair at all for anyone! You can get an A with plenty methods that do not require learning for real, but let's say that while I had fun and relaxed a bit, she struggled a bit more with the love part. 


My friend had a tough experience

 That could all be solved by propper communication but  at the moment we both suffered, but in her case studies were number one priority, above anything else and it was obvious she loved to beat everyone in the class, not in the best way we must add... 

To make it shorter, this friend made it obvious that it was all good and magic when I was beneath her, in grades, crying over heartbreak, getting fatter even! but aslong as she had it "better" our so called friendship that well was mostly just partnership, was gonna remain the same. When my life turned around and got finally lovely, she started to leave and to be honest it may be one of the best things that happened during my college days. 

I cried over this, yes I did, because no matter what we had, it was a huge part of my life aswell and suddenly breaking all contact was not really the way I expected things to go, and as a villain, which makes it worse, when literally all I did was study, go to work and spend time with my loved man. It came as a shock but all we lived, it became clear to me that she wasn't really a nice energy to keep around, she was the opposite of it, always expecting me to be down or at least not above her. Many would say that it was not the case and I made it up, that is how social life works, everyone makes up things about events that aren't even part of their life, creating unnecessary rumours and unreal details. 

After she left me

...cutting all contact we ever had, my struggle to survive without a partner to share work or free time in between classes was hard, but after realizing how bad our energies were together, how the interaction added no good to self development and greatness, then my soul was finally in peace, there was no pain, no tears, no late night projects, no drama, and most of all, there was no one to bring me down anymore, no one inserting doubt in my life. 

Currently I spend my days working, lazying around and meeting friends, spending also a ridiculous amount of time dedicated to my love. In general it is all about getting better, enjoying life and remember these situations happen, we change, we are dynamic creatures that are in constant change, so I'm not surprised by that and can only learn with the experience, remembering all the good times we had together and expecting she feels the same way, living life to its fullest, with no regret or bad energy involved, I wish her all the happiness~  



For all the cherries going through a situation like this 

  • It all goes better, if your friend leaves, remember it is not your fault, we change all the time and it is most likely that you both do not need each others energies at the moment and to experience a different light is always part of life.


  • Remember all the good times and learn through this.


  • Cry all you want & need, even if you weren't truly friends, a partner always touches the heart.


  • Enjoy yourself: It is time to discover what you are in the most RAW state, explore all of your senses,time to reset and find


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First time I actually looked at my closet with the intention of owning what works and makes me happy, I realized half of it was mainly stuff that for me has no use anymore. I told others about my decluttering process and pretty much everyone told me: SELL IT ALL


Amm yeah, by selling every item that came out from the decluttering stage of my closet, you can easily earn a few thousands, but why sell it? Sure, a student like me could use some extra money, but remember, people with nothing at all could use some clothes, something to help them live by & this is why I started looking out for options.


There are plenty shelters in my city, they specialize in a lot really! Choosing was too hard, should I give it to kids? migrants? to the elderly? Before I could actually do anything about it someone knocked on my door. A lady with two children was asking for help, she said everything was useful for her since she was homeless. In Mexico help for the homeless is quite restricted, they have to go through a lot of paper work and most of them don't want or can actually pass the required minimum to obtain government aid. As bad as this sounds there are multiple shelters that work independently but they can be difficult to be found, that is why a lot preffer to stay on the streets and ask for help. 

Now, this lady had come to my house before but i didn't know about it since my mother was the one helping her without telling us, so I though ok, money is worthy for her and the children but these items (clothes mostly) can actually help her and idk maybe she can sell or trade them, they are really useful and I reallly don't have feelings left for them. My mother thought it was a good idea and well the lady accepted the items with a huuuuuge smile which made me realize it was the best choice! 

Now I want to share the love once more and tell you guys that no matter how small, help is always welcomed in any specie, food, clothes, money or even meds  (careful, simple and no prescription ones or talk to a doctor before aiding) everything is helpful to those who have nothing else. 

I will keep donating stuff I declutter and search for other shelters that accept them too! Helping others not only yes, helps others haha but it is also an action that helps yourself by letting go and learning to share, to give away things that have no place in your space and could mean the world to others! 

I encourage you to take at least one item and donate it to the shelter or person of your preference, believe me, we all have at least 10 items that we no longer need ;)    




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This entry might be one that a lot can identify with, since it is about a process we all go through our entire life, yes loves, it is Change. 

When we are little, everyone places expectations for us, how we have to be as adults, our profession, lifestyle, even our sexuality is involved here! Every single aspect of life is ridiculously expected to be perfect, free of errors and always aspiring to become what our ancestors  couldn't. Somehow it shakes our little core, influencing decisions in our path. 

I will ommit the biological change for this text, later we'll be able to discuss such matters in a more detailed way, that and the adversities it has for us when it happens.  Ok to go on, our mind is always processing information, brain is one hardcore worker! To me the struggle that comes with change is the hardship of moving out of comfort, out of my coccoon in which I develop for a period of time, or maybe even the routine that enhances my productivity and happiness also. Could be anything I am happy with and believe me, everytime I get to a good point in life, where I don't even worry and smile everyday the issues arise, having me thinking of the past, mistakes, future and worries overall. 

It stops me from living my happy present 

Even though we are forced to change by growing up and social activities recquired with age, some of us really cry our heart out every stage of life. I remember being so afraid of entering college and damn, I'm graduating this year! It is unbeliavable to me, the actual fact still hasn't processed enough in my mind to accept that in a few months I'll be crossing another stage and will have to adapt to another and scarier one no matter what.


Avoiding reality 

To me, games were just a part of my day that caused fun, they give my brain a rest but also exercise some of the creativity, strategy and motor skills. It is all fun and games until you realize that you spend your day wishing for some time to play, which becomes a whole afternoon and then a daily routine.

Even though I don't judge games or people who play them, I notice that for me, they have become an escape from my changing reality, since I rather play Age of Empires than study or clean my living space. I realized the act of gaming became my comfort zone even though the majority of the time I lose in them, but it is incredible how building a virtual reality is so relaxing, numbs the mind and lets it breathe without worrying about anything real.

Until you wake up in the morning and there are no clean clothes, your bedroom is a mess and you haven't propperly fed yourself in a long time, or fed the brain some juicy information.


Recognition and Acceptation 

I am not doing anything for myself.

Repeat and actually recognize that even though it is lovely to build an entire civilization or watch other people reach their dreams, you have a body & mind of your own that needs nourishment, no one else can do it for you and no game will ever let you manage real life as easy as a ctrl clic will ever do.

It feels like crap, yes! Believe me, we all go through a moment in life that destroys the cloud of numbing we sometimes live in, nobody likes to hear they're failing to themselves. And by failing I mean not taking care or listening to the person you are, no interruptions and no comfort treats of any kind but a raw version of yourself.

Once we accept that we are not really working towards anything to take care of ourselves, then change can happen. This time, change that we can sort of manage and launch without being absorbed by an external change. To me it came represented in the way of decluttering, cleaning, dieting (learning how to eat) and exercising. I'm not perfect and all of these had setbacks, but I recognized my obstacles and got up to emend them. Gotta remember life is one, is today.

So, what next? 

Ok, we have discussed ups and downs, now what are we supposed to do? My honest advice and what I am following at the moment is to be true to yourself, listen to what you need (body & mind), don't give up, changes might be hard but it's happening either way, some of them are unavoidable and the best we can do is outgrow them.

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Sometimes I wonder how all every girlboss lives, how they wake up early, plan ahead, workout, study, work, film videos, travel, learn, read, cook...qojdnuweybi!!!!! Everything seems magical if you simply search for bloggers on your social media. Somehow they have found the balance to actually achieve and get stuff done! Plus they're making money too!~ 

While sipping the cup of coffee of the day, a realization came in touch with the altercated mind and actually suggested to perform a 30 day challenge with a heavy schedule that promotes organization and productivity at their best! 

This will be the topic of the month, it will include several posts of the subjects mentioned above and even more, be prepared to explore a month or so of adventures that will force my body and mind to find an equilibrium working harder than ever! I am very happy to start this journey, but for now I declare the productivity month inaugurated and ready to go~~~~yaaaaay!!!  Stay tuned ;) 


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Hello & Welcome to the Mexican Cherry blog!



Today I'll be sharing with you a part of my weighloss journey in which a lot has happened and there's been plenty learning also. This particular post is a "review" of a workout video and the results of it, so let's begin! 

A month ago while browsing Youtube I noticed one of the channels I follow posted a video named:

"How To Get A Tiny Waist FAST | STANDING Abs Workout to Lose Belly Fat & Get A Smaller Waist"

It obviously caugh my attention, I mean it is a very tempting title, you lose belly fat! the stubborn belly fat that wants to stay with us no matter what and a smaller waist that us females tend to like and want to have ourselves; so naturally I decided to start a challenge for myself and do this everyday for a month with no rest! 





While reading through the comments you can find a lot of them saying there will be an update to tell if the workout actually works and how was it, so I commented and at the time I had not planned to write in here about it, but once I got serious with the workout video I wanted to tell a lot more than a few words or a sentence about how it went for me doing this for a month straight. I feel you can get a wider review than just putting up a comment on Youtube (which also helps and I will post it in a minute btw). 

Ok so the video instructions are:


  • Standing oblique twist - 2 sets/ 25 reps 
  • Dumbell oblique twist - 3 sets/ each 20 reps 
  • Standing Crunch - 3 sets / 20 reps
  • Knee Chops- 3 sets/ each 15 reps 


 Adding to this you're supposed to do 10 minutes of cardio, I chose the treadmill. Let me tell you this workout was the best for bingeing series, because you can stand in front of the screen and do it while watching with no problem, it is also perfect for the 10 extra minutes of your day that translate in contemplating space and not knowing what to do.

It would take me about 10 to 15 minutes to complete the workout so it would be less than 30 for the entire one + cardio session. All you need is water to hydrate, weights (I used bottles of water of 1L each), workout gear and a measuring tape if you want to track progress with numbers ;)

My initial measurements were:

-  Waist: 89 cm
- Belly: 95cm

And the result after one month was:

- Waist: 84
- Belly: 90


= Final Thoughts =

I really loved doing this workout, of course there were some days it was a struggle to do something other than laying down, but it gave me a workout goal at least, and it was wasy to complete which was even better.

About the cm lost...Yaaaaay!!! It was cool to know my effort paid off! Buuut there is a huuuge but in this experiment. Turns out the week after I decided to start this challenge, a health program I signed in like months ago actually started and it includes a nutrition program and 3 sessions of workout per week, so the results of this workout might not be the same for everyone, especially if you decide to mantain your current diet and activity.

Finally, it gave me really sore obliques! And my whole abs region would be in pain, but actually worth it to feel they were activating and having some progress. I would love to try another video of the channel above or combine between different ones and see what they bring to my starting fitness life!

Hope it actually gave more info about this workout video, if not, please leave me a comment so I can go further in some aspects, like explaining the diet I followed throughout the month or even to try new videos and share the experience with you again~


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Hello! if you're new to my blog, take a look around, it might not be much (yet), but it certainly opens the gates to a new journey I "the mexican cherry" am embracing. 



Through my life, lots of people have told me to write more, that they like it or that it would be good to explore new fields of it. I study a really serious carreer so, writing has to be just like that: serious. 
Although I definitely love to write about what I study, and oh! I forgot to actually mention that I am currently studying International Affairs, plus an online Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA), it gets hard to study both at the same time, but it is so worth it. Ok, got lost a bit! I surely will write another entry focusing solely on university matters.

To continue, writing has always been part of me, since little I wrote multiple stories and published a few through contests and opportunities that came thanks to the school I studied  in, which takes me back to a moment a teacher told me he could see the next Nobel Prize of Literature in me.
I might be a little discouraged, because I'm obviously not pursuing that exact title, but also terribly inspired to make writing an even bigger part of me.

So this is just the background of why I write, now let's move on to the blog issue. 


If you browse the internet and have accounts on tumblr, youtube and instagram, you might have already encountered some people that publish by a lifestyle tag. But if you look overall, it is probable too polished all the time, which is super inspiring to put your S**t together, but also quite discouraging when you're scrolling down on an instagram account of a girl who's content is amazing and shows multiple trips, parts of the world and of course, luxury EVERYWHERE!  

This scenario might be how a lot of people actually live, but I looked around and noticed that most of us really don't live like that. It inspired me to write about life without that, and don't get me wrong, it is not bad in any way, just different! I wanted to read a blog that had the average girl, the normal life and difficulties that everyone goes through. I know most of the bloggers cannot write about personal stuff too much because it might cause trouble or go out of the already stablished blog content and most of all, some actually say it is risky to write like that and about that. 

I decided to show the internet a different side of the lifestyle story, to actually share personal stuff that imply relationships, school, crisis and even sex. To write about literally every single aspect that life has, no matter what and no matter how. My life motto or at least what I follow in my everyday life with my friends is: 

"If we don't discuss these topics with each other and learn about it real close, then how are we gonna know?"

That above is why I share with my friends most of my experiences, because sharing is caring. Yes it is! And the real stuff might be hard to swallow -no pun intended-, this is the reason I want to share with you guys all of it, and also why you're going to find entries that could sound a tad dramatic from time to time. 


  • Ok so after we talked about the theme and writing background, let me tell you: WHY A BLOG? 

Simple! 

- It is currently free to share it all, while I stablish content and explore the world of blogging. 
- To explore Creative writing: Carrie Bradshaw has been an influence to write the creative way, but since I still don't have a column, a blog is the way to express.
- In the blog, I can write about everything I want and how I want without any restraint

And the last but most important reason: A special someone gave me the final push to it, the one who I have to thank the courage to start this path and really if you ever read this, thank you so much! You were right, there is nothing to fear or lose. 


This is my story, the summed up one so it doesn't become a book! And the journey for the Mexican Cherry continues, with plenty more to write and learn...







**Comming up: Mexican Cherry enters the social media way**





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